Enough with the Programming Puzzles

Re:Enough with the Programming Puzzles by catnaroek on Monday June 06, 2016 @05:23AM (#11845509)

> We don't like writing code on the whiteboard, we don't like mind teasers, we don't like programming puzzles, and so on.

I love all of those things. In fact, dare I say I like them more than the job itself:

(0) The given task is usually short, self-contained, and has a single best solution that can be found purely by logical reasoning.

(1) There are no requirements of the form “you have to use this obviously misdesigned technology”. All one has to do is come up with data structures and algorithms.

(2) I won't piss anyone off for trying to do things in the most elegant way possible.

What's not to love?

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Re:Enough with the Programming Puzzles by Bromskloss on Monday June 06, 2016 @05:50AM (#11845581)

We should get together and just give each other such puzzles. You even index from zero. You're hired!

I suggest we work on a blackboard instead of on a whiteboard. I think they are nicer.

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Re:Enough with the Programming Puzzles by catnaroek on Monday June 06, 2016 @05:54AM (#11845593)

> We should get together and just give each other such puzzles.

Would be nice.

> I suggest we work on a blackboard instead of on a whiteboard. I think they are nicer.

Using blackboard and chalk is indeed nicer. The unpleasantness comes afterwards, when you have to wash the chalk off of your clothes.

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